Marie Runyon Papers
- Title
- Marie Runyon Papers
- Creator
- Marie Runyon
- Description
- Marie Runyon was an activist and former New York State legislator. Born in North Carolina in 1915, she moved to Morningside Heights and in 1963 began a decades long fight against Columbia University over its real estate practices and expansion in the neighborhood. Runyon founded the Morningside Tenants Committee as well as other tenants' organizations, and she brought a number of cases to court to prevent her eviction from her apartment at 130 Morningside Drive. The collection contains the papers of Marie Runyon, relating to her tenant organizing and fight against Columbia's expansion in Morningside Heights as well as to her other political work and personal life...
- Date
- 1955-2008
- Format
- manuscript
- Link
- findingaids.library.columbia.edu
- CLIO Link
- clio.columbia.edu
- Source
- “Marie Runyon Papers, 1955-2008 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library | Columbia University Libraries Finding Aids.” Accessed June 9, 2021. https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-ua/ldpd_6606156.